Setting up a philosophy club for children

This pdf gives advice and suggestions for you to consider when setting up your P4C club

http://www.tenspeedpress.com/files/download/pdfs/philosophers.pdf

Article on the longterm benefits of P4C

http://bps-research-digest.blogspot.com/2007/11/philosophy-for-kids.html

Global Dimension website

Global Dimension homepage http://www.globaldimension.org.uk/default.aspx 

Global dimension and philosophy for children http://www.globaldimension.org.uk/default.aspx?id=329

Articles on thinking skills - includes some on philosophy for children

http://www.jnpartnership.co.uk/main.php/244

“Teaching RE as you have never taught it before” Inset - Will Ord

My colleague Katie and I went on this course yesterday and it was really good although, because I have done a lot of reading around the area of thinking skills and P4C I didn’t really learn anything new. However, it was good to see a community of inquiry in action and Will Ord is a very good presenter. His web site  http://www.thinkingeducation.co.uk  has some downloadable resources and several of them were used on the day.

Katie, who is an NQT, found the course incredibly useful and has gone away with lots of new ideas and the determination to try them out. The INSET was offered by Osiris (www.osiriseducational.co.uk)